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analysts say that the figure was analyst -- elevated by hurricane sandy. the labor department says that applications dropped from 40,000 in the previous week's. aaa says that more than 43 million of us are going somewhere for thanksgiving this year. travel organizations say that they will take a sharp upturn in the economy. officials in greece are criticizing the failure of the you -- european union to release loan funds for that debt ridden country. the greek prime minister is warning that it is not just the great future that hangs in the balance. the delay prolonged uncertainty over the future of greece, facing a default that would threaten the entire eurocurrency. finally, there is a new u.n. report saying that concentrations of greenhouse gases are up 20% since the year 2000. the report, days ahead of a climate conference reminds world government that their efforts to fight climate change are far from enough to meet their stated goals of limiting global warming. some of the headlines this hour on c-span radio. >> you career officers changed this army s
analysts say that the figure was analyst -- elevated by hurricane sandy. the labor department says that applications dropped from 40,000 in the previous week's. aaa says that more than 43 million of us are going somewhere for thanksgiving this year. travel organizations say that they will take a sharp upturn in the economy. officials in greece are criticizing the failure of the you -- european union to release loan funds for that debt ridden country. the greek prime minister is warning that it...
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to help small businesses recover from hurricane sandy call 1-800-659-2955 or logon to sba.gov/sandy. 1-800-659-2955. karen mills, thank you so much. >> we appreciate. we apologize for donny with the puppet thing. >> great business idea. >> we almost got through it. >> yeah. exactly. >> trying to thread a story line. >> let's not do that. >> msnbc's richard wolfe will be here on the set along with dr. jeffrey sachs and "time" magazine's rick stengel will be here to reveal the latest edition of "time." we'll be back with much more "morning joe" brewed by starbucks. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. >>> coming up next, former adviser to the romney campaign, dan senor is here with msnbc political analyst richard wolfe. >> dan. how are you doing? >> come here. come on now. nice to see you. >> richard. >> how is it going? >> hey
to help small businesses recover from hurricane sandy call 1-800-659-2955 or logon to sba.gov/sandy. 1-800-659-2955. karen mills, thank you so much. >> we appreciate. we apologize for donny with the puppet thing. >> great business idea. >> we almost got through it. >> yeah. exactly. >> trying to thread a story line. >> let's not do that. >> msnbc's richard wolfe will be here on the set along with dr. jeffrey sachs and "time" magazine's rick...
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then we have zale's, also blaming hurricane sandy. it is a jewelry company. they posted a big loss, says 375 of its stores were closed because of that storm. that was just a few days in a three-month long quarter. doesn't seem like investors think it is just a one-time problem. the stock is down 25%. flowers foods is up. hostess is heading to liquidation. and flowers could buy its assets and buy them cheap. that's why the stock is up. more on the twinkies in a moment. with thability to improve roi through seo all by cob. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still y the mid-size price. i'm going b-i-g. [ male announcer ] good choice business pro. good choice. go national. go like a pro. stuart: in europe, finance ministers fail to reach a deal on the next round of money for greece. they will meet again on monday. greece has been relying on rescue loans from other euro zone countries and the imf for 2 1/2 years. they will get a bit more time and probably s
then we have zale's, also blaming hurricane sandy. it is a jewelry company. they posted a big loss, says 375 of its stores were closed because of that storm. that was just a few days in a three-month long quarter. doesn't seem like investors think it is just a one-time problem. the stock is down 25%. flowers foods is up. hostess is heading to liquidation. and flowers could buy its assets and buy them cheap. that's why the stock is up. more on the twinkies in a moment. with thability to improve...
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this is the hangover effect from hurricane sandy, superstorm sandy. all of the rental car companies, they're gone. they're spoken for. all of the cars. so as a result, if you or somebody who is making last-minute plans and said, well, i'm going to rent a car. good luck, you're not going to be able to get one in the new york/new jersey area and a good chunk of the northeast. >> look for a car pool. how long is that expected to last, phil? >> well, this is what we usually see around thanksgiving. and all of the holidays, you see all the rental car companies, for the most part, not completely sold out, but they fill up. and this year because of sandy, they are sold out. one interesting note, an increase in the number of people taking buses and trains this year in part because of what we're seeing with the rental car companies. >> thank you. we'll check in with you later. >> it's good for tires. >> it is good for tires. you like that. >> well, i like pep boys. >> do you have some? >> i bought it. >> do you have music? >> do we have music? that's it, that'
this is the hangover effect from hurricane sandy, superstorm sandy. all of the rental car companies, they're gone. they're spoken for. all of the cars. so as a result, if you or somebody who is making last-minute plans and said, well, i'm going to rent a car. good luck, you're not going to be able to get one in the new york/new jersey area and a good chunk of the northeast. >> look for a car pool. how long is that expected to last, phil? >> well, this is what we usually see around...
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this is the carryover effect from superstorm sandy. so many cars were damaged, destroyed during the storm. as a result, rental cars have been tight for some time in the northeastern united states. and that's the case this weekend. a lot of people, believe it or not, guys, they do like to rent a car in order to make the trip of 300 or 400 miles. this year in the northeast, good luck if you don't already have a reservation. carl, back to you. >> phil, the airport where you are looks pretty crowded but orderly. there's one silver lining for people who are traveling and that is, perhaps, airlines are actually running closer to on on time these days. >> reporter: yes. that's because you've seen restricted capacity. fewer flights, it's not as packed and as a result it's easier to keep with the on-time schedule. >> unbelievable, phil. thanks so much. phil at o'hare. i saw a stat today, since '07 i think airlines have taken out 14% of their capacity. >> wow. >> they're running lean and mean. in terms of getting a flight over the holidays, it's
this is the carryover effect from superstorm sandy. so many cars were damaged, destroyed during the storm. as a result, rental cars have been tight for some time in the northeastern united states. and that's the case this weekend. a lot of people, believe it or not, guys, they do like to rent a car in order to make the trip of 300 or 400 miles. this year in the northeast, good luck if you don't already have a reservation. carl, back to you. >> phil, the airport where you are looks pretty...
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have you seen more bookings this year post sandy? because other methods of rental cars -- there are just less of them. >> we're seeing about a 15% overall growth in the business for this holiday period versus the same time last year, so yes, there's a lot of contributing factors, but we've seen a significant growth. >> yeah. and, you know, what's the sort of average length of trip, where people are going, how much are they paying? >> well, our footprint really connects people from most of the major city peers in the northeast. most of the trips are probably between three hours to four hours long. and the price of our fare really varies. if you buy early, you get a ticket as low as a dollar on some of our schedules and the price progress as the buses fill up. most of the time, you can get a ticket on our bus for probably about $25 to go between these big cities. >> many spaces left right now, or are you pretty full? >> we're pretty full. the wednesday before thanksgiving is probably our busiest travel day for the entire year. we have
have you seen more bookings this year post sandy? because other methods of rental cars -- there are just less of them. >> we're seeing about a 15% overall growth in the business for this holiday period versus the same time last year, so yes, there's a lot of contributing factors, but we've seen a significant growth. >> yeah. and, you know, what's the sort of average length of trip, where people are going, how much are they paying? >> well, our footprint really connects people...
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well, i can't fail dispute on that issue, but insurance companies are not able to meet the cost of sandy? >> yeah, or in the future in regard to others when they can't make payments. specifically more your thoughts on bailout and the effect of national debt. >> all make one comment on the insurance industry. it is hard to see that we don't need national regulations for the insurance industry. we certainly have it in the securities future industry and it certainly does have advantages. in classic u.s. fashion we have the sec, but still have state securities regulators. so to the extent we are a proper regulation that ties back to the financial industry come you obviously have to have proper reserves in the insurance industry. i would say with respect to bailouts, when you look at the financial world, what we still live with in the aftermath of 2008, it's the job of the policymakers to create an environment where they don't have to bailout, right? to the extent is a bailout, there's so many safeguards along the way that weren't there for the proper safeguards. the financial world debate is
well, i can't fail dispute on that issue, but insurance companies are not able to meet the cost of sandy? >> yeah, or in the future in regard to others when they can't make payments. specifically more your thoughts on bailout and the effect of national debt. >> all make one comment on the insurance industry. it is hard to see that we don't need national regulations for the insurance industry. we certainly have it in the securities future industry and it certainly does have...
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as we know from superstore and sandy, people out of power for weeks and weeks and it seems to me that is the way to help deal with what is likely to be from what scientists are telling us, an increase in the kind of variety and ferocity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by whether they would need to be prepared to deal with that. >> mr. packer, did you want to jump in on that? >> to both increase minorities in teaching, we have to lift up the teaching profession. we have to make teachings of the people value and want to go into them right now there's a lot of criticism and unions and low morale among the teaching profession. i think we really need to do more to encourage young people and people of color in inner-city peace to go in teaching. teach for america -- i have nothing against teach for america, but it's not a long-term solution. we need to get people to serving their own communities. i also think we need to do a lot more training
as we know from superstore and sandy, people out of power for weeks and weeks and it seems to me that is the way to help deal with what is likely to be from what scientists are telling us, an increase in the kind of variety and ferocity of storms that will damage our communities on the eastern seaboard in particular for years and years. so we're talking about enormous urban communities that are going to be crippled by whether they would need to be prepared to deal with that. >> mr....
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laughter] i know many of you and your friends and neighbors are recovering from the events of hurricane sandy -- i want to let you know our thoughts are with everyone who has suffered during the storm and its aftermath. it has been a very challenging time for new york city. i think you have shown quite a bit of fortitude in coming back and getting back to business. my remarks today are going to focus on the reasons for the disappointingly slow pace of economic recovery in the united states, and the policy actions that have been taken by the federal open market committee to support the economy. in addition, i will discuss important economic challenges our country faces as we close out 2012 and move into 2013, in particular the challenge of putting federal government finances on a sustainable path and the longer run while avoiding actions that would endanger the economic recovery in the near term. the economy is continuing to recover from the financial crisis and recession, but the pace of the recovery has been slower than fomc participants and others had hoped or anticipated when i spoke here
laughter] i know many of you and your friends and neighbors are recovering from the events of hurricane sandy -- i want to let you know our thoughts are with everyone who has suffered during the storm and its aftermath. it has been a very challenging time for new york city. i think you have shown quite a bit of fortitude in coming back and getting back to business. my remarks today are going to focus on the reasons for the disappointingly slow pace of economic recovery in the united states, and...